Project

AI-enabled flexible competence development for insourcing projects that promote resilience in manufacturing (KI2Insource)

The goal of this R&D project is to develop a comprehensive approach and practical methods for implementing insourcing strategies in manufacturing. These outcomes are intended to enable a structured analysis and planning of the competencies and learning needs of employees arising from insourcing initiatives.

In addition, AI-supported competence development tools will be developed to provide the required skills in a flexible, personalized, accessible, and efficient manner. Finally, the methodological framework and AI-supported tools will be tested and validated through four use cases in medium-sized German manufacturing companies. Their impact on enhancing the resilience of participating companies will also be also assessed.

The aim is to develop a methodology for insourcing based on occupational science principles, which enables a structured analysis and planning of employees’ skills and learning needs arising from insourcing projects. In addition, AI-supported skills development tools are to be provided that deliver the necessary skills in a flexible, personalised, accessible and efficient manner. Finally, the procedural concept and the AI-supported tools are to be tested in four specific application scenarios within medium-sized German industrial companies, and their effects on the companies’ resilience are to be examined.

  • Case studies: 4 use cases
  • Qualitative methods: interviews, workshops, participant observation
  • Quantitative methods: analysis of data from the ISI survey Modernisation of production

  • Methods for developing and implementing insourcing strategies
  • AI-powered tools for skills development
  • Qualitative and quantitative studies

Duration

01.2026-12.2028

Clients

Projektträger Karlsruhe (PTKA)

Partners

Hochschule Karlsruhe Technik und Wirtschaft

EDI GmbH

Assemblio GmbH

Rauch Landmaschinenfarbik GmbH

Ansmann AG

SMK Röhrsdorf GmbH

Topstar GmbH